Mitochondria And Male Lifespan: Power Downhttp://www.businessinsider.com/mitochondria-and-male-lifespan-power-down-2014-5/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:43:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538ab3d86bb3f77c680429f9The truthSun, 01 Jun 2014 01:02:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538ab3d86bb3f77c680429f9
Why do women live longer than men?
because they are not married to womenhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/538a5c25eab8ea48430429f1Cecil VargusSat, 31 May 2014 18:48:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538a5c25eab8ea48430429f1
Bingo!
Males not only produce testosterone longer, but approx 10 times more in quantity than women!
And yes, it's the higher metabolism that does us men in, earlier than women.
The good news is men can develop diets & routines to keep their metabolism low & lengthen their life spans.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538a03f4eab8ea4d730429f9Nice TrySat, 31 May 2014 12:31:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538a03f4eab8ea4d730429f9
Healthy, single men with good life prospects are more likely to live longer. They are also more attractive to women and, therefore, more likely to end up married. In other words, men with greater life expectancies by adulthood are more likely to get married. The marriage is not what makes them live longer.
Nice try with the "logic." You should still take it to a Wimmin's Studies Department, though. It would probably earn you a Ph.D. there.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389da00ecad04952c389ad3Male GenesSat, 31 May 2014 09:32:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389da00ecad04952c389ad3
Men live shorter lives because they work in all the "death" occupations, are 99.9% of the military casualties in war, still are the vast majority of workers occupying the high stress breadwinner occupations (while their wives/partners work in family friendly 9-5 jobs), and feel compelled to risk their lives to protect women.
The short of it is that the lives of men are widely devalued. Watch a current movie, 500 men will die trying to save the life of one woman. Her death is a tragedy. The deaths of the 500 men all in a day's work. If a woman is killed in an action movie, often the violence is off screen. Brutal torture and killing is highlighted on the men, rarely women. Men are the sole victims of groin kicks in movies and only their genitals can be joked about by either sex. Watch a video of a mass shooting. All the men are covering up the women with their bodies. Now whether this dynamic of men sacrificing themselves for women is genetic or cultural is for someone else to say. Watch TV ads. The man is always a dolt being corrected, laughed at, or lectured by a woman because he can't do the simplest thing. It seem clear that men wear out faster than women due to a more than mitochondria, leading a more stressful life in which the expectation is that they will sacrifice life, limb, and health for women and family.
By the way, if men outlived women, you'd never read a biological defense for this. The article would be about getting more medical and political resources aligned to fix this terrible inequity. It would be blamed on the medical system, lack of research into women's diseases, domestic violence, misogyny, patriarchy, etc. The entire framing of the problem only furthers my point of the devaluation of the lives of men.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c8f86bb3f7be1c0429f9nat.turner.902819Sat, 31 May 2014 08:20:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c8f86bb3f7be1c0429f9
Being married just makes it seem longer!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c795ecad044a65389ad3nat.turner.902819Sat, 31 May 2014 08:14:13 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c795ecad044a65389ad3
Men die before women because once they hear,"till death do us part",they realize that is the only way out!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c44a69bedd5470ab1f66Married ManSat, 31 May 2014 08:00:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c44a69bedd5470ab1f66
Two well known theories:
1. In general, women don't marry women.
2. Married men die sooner because they want to!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c33decad04af5d389accAskCommentSat, 31 May 2014 07:55:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389c33decad04af5d389acc
It makes me so happy to see that so many are realizing that the whole marriage thing is a big sham. The thumbs up vs. thumbs down on the above comments are amazing!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53896191eab8ea4f27768c0aRim ShotSat, 31 May 2014 00:58:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53896191eab8ea4f27768c0a
Married men don't live longer, it just feels like it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53894cb4eab8eaaf59768c0dloleczekFri, 30 May 2014 23:29:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53894cb4eab8eaaf59768c0d
"Hold my beer, and watch this" said one too many times.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53894063eab8ead629768c09jamesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxFri, 30 May 2014 22:37:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53894063eab8ead629768c09
Women carry the weight of the family on their shoulders.
Men carry the weight of the world on their shoulders.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389368deab8ea5705768c12AgMgrFri, 30 May 2014 21:55:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389368deab8ea5705768c12
And women aren't equally nuts....in different ways?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53893205ecad047148fedae1ExactlyFri, 30 May 2014 21:36:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53893205ecad047148fedae1
I was waiting for that one! Because they want to...all you need to know!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389286869bedda729fedae0The WardenFri, 30 May 2014 20:55:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389286869bedda729fedae0
Why do men die before their wives? Because they want to!
On a side note, there is a protein the body makes called Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor or MANF. It protects cells from cell dealth and thus keeps mitochondria healthy. When MANF no longer is being expressed, cells die. MANF could possibly be the key in keeping MAN alive longer than women. One company is focused on this very interesting protein. That company is Amarantus. It is a public company and has other interesting things going on such as the first TRUE blood test to detect Alzheimer's before symptoms ever appear.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53892533ecad042e18fedae3gmjFri, 30 May 2014 20:41:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53892533ecad042e18fedae3
Males are nuts. I am a male. Males spend their lives competing for the Darwin awards. This is a male's favorite saying: "Watch this". If it weren't for females, males would still be drinking muddy water out of human skulls.
But to be fair, females are also nuts. I think that just about covers it.
"People are a problem." Douglas Adamshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53891c5469bedd7d67fedae0Jim DaviesFri, 30 May 2014 20:03:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53891c5469bedd7d67fedae0
Goes for male baldness too...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53891ad869beddf05dfedae0dragnetFri, 30 May 2014 19:57:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53891ad869beddf05dfedae0
Testosterone matters, but not necessarily in the way that you are saying. The hormone shortens male lifespans because it is an immunosuppresant. This is also reason why women tend to be more resistant to disease.
But none of this means that women are "stronger" than men. Quite frankly, I have yet to see any evidence in day-to-day life that women are, generally, anything aside from the weaker sex.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389180969beddbe47fedae2Paper WitchFri, 30 May 2014 19:45:13 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5389180969beddbe47fedae2
Married men live longer than single men. Jungle Jim's theory - dead.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53890fb0ecad04764afedae0Mr. ConvenientFri, 30 May 2014 19:09:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53890fb0ecad04764afedae0
In only clicked on this article because of the two women in the picture. Other than that I got nothin' from it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53890573eab8ea0253768c09march21Fri, 30 May 2014 18:25:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53890573eab8ea0253768c09
I think it's the hormones. Males produce testosterone for much longer time than female secrete estrogen. More the hormone, higher the metabolism, more energy but faster wear and tear.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538901e16bb3f73f37fedae4Jungle JimFri, 30 May 2014 18:10:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538901e16bb3f73f37fedae4
I also have a theory. I will no doubt be vilified as many pioneers are, but I must press ahead. I believe that women last longer than men because they don't have wives. Husbands are a one-size-fits-all support system. The expectations loaded upon them are many and they finally wear out from overuse.